Tulane

by Mohr, Clarence L.; Gordon, Joseph E.

• ISBN13: 9780807125533
• ISBN10: 0807125539
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

Tulane is the story of a southern school striving for national recognition in the post-World War II era of American research universities. Clarence L. Mohr and Joseph E. Gordon present a candid, in-depth treatment of the 150-year-old New Orleans institution during this transformative period, when it grappled with such pervasive issues as federal and private funding; academic freedom; an enrollment surge set in motion by the GI Bill and sustained by the postwar "baby boom"; the cold war; desegregation; the antiwar, civil rights, and student-power movements; expanding intercollegiate athletics; censorship; the clash between liberal and utilitarian conceptions of higher learning; revision of curricular content; and the role of universities as platforms for social criticism -- all of which together profoundly altered the mission of American higher learning. In addition to these external forces, the authors examine the many individuals -- administrators, professors, and students -- whose responses in both calm and crises shaped the evolution of Tulane's unique acade

Author Biography

Clarence L. Mohr taught history at Tulane University for seventeen years and is currently professor and chair in the Department of History at the University of South Alabama.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	xi
Prologue	xv
Introduction	xxi
Setting the Agenda Research, Selectivity, and Coordination	1	(50)
The Price of the Ticket Academic Freedom, Cold War AntiCommunism, and the Pursuit of National Security	51	(79)
Portents of Change Race, Intercollegiate Athletics, and the Fall of a President	130	(61)
Crisis of the Old Order Desegregation and the Roots of Campus Activism	191	(52)
Consensus and Continuity The Liberal University at High Tide	243	(26)
Family Quarrels, Part 1 Fiscal Retrenchment and Campus Dissent	269	(51)
Family Quarrels, Part II Days of Decision	320	(71)
Creative Tension 1975--1980	391	(47)
Epilogue The 1980s and Beyond	438	(39)
APPENDIX
Table 1: Total University Budgets, 1950--90	465	(1)
Table 2: Unrestricted Educational and General Resources	466	(1)
Table 3: Geographic Origins of Freshmen, 1950--90	467	(1)
Table 4: Presidents and Principal Academic Administrative Officers, July 1, 1950, to Date	468	(3)
Table 5: Administrative of the Tulane Educational Fund, 1882--Present	471	(3)
Table 6: Distribution of Religious Preferences in Students, 1950--90	474	(1)
Table 7: Periodic Comparisons of University Enrollments, 1950--51 to 1990--91	475	(2)
Index	477